Almanac of Miscellaneous Merriment

It's Halloween! I am upset with blogger because it lost what I spent hours writing up for today. Stupid blogger. So this will be a shor...

National Candy Corn Day Now, who doesn't love Candy Corn? Everyone loves Candy Corn, or at least we must pretend to because over 20 mill...

Halloween Time Zone again... Ghost Day It's a day to tell ghost stories, or to sneak into the haunted houses in your neighborhood, or to...

And we are entering the Halloween time zone... Wicked Witch Day Hmmm, let's see what we can do today, we could read the book Wicked , we...

St. Crispin's Day October 25th is almost the 300th day of the year (it's the 298th), it means there are just two months until Christ...

Black Cat Day SShhh! I am blogging on borrowed equipment, because my laptop is refusing to recharge, and I can't find my warranty inform...

Adopt a Dog Day If you know someone that adopted a dog today (October 20th that is,) you should congratulate them. Because that is really c...

Wear Something Gaudy Day Hmm. Not much time left this morning to plan my wardrobe. I should have planned this ahead of time so I could add...

Dictionary Day So, you don't know what to do on Dictionary Day? According to this press release: "people everywhere will be puttin...

Whoops! Absent-minded Secretary made a mistake. Thank-you to those who emailed me to let me know. I am going to say that I made the mista...

National Dessert Day I recently read an ad for a hair tonic in a newspaper from 1900. The ad read: "Homeliness--not positive ugliness-...

International Moment of Frustration Scream Day Today, and 12:00 p.m., everyone is supposed to go outside and scream out their frustrations. ...

National Coming Out Day This year is the 18th anniversary of the founding National Coming Out Day , and this year's theme is "Talk ...

Today is the day of many celebrations... It is Leif Erikson Day, and Columbus Day (Observed), and Soccer Dad's birthday, so go wish him...

International Frugal Fun Day This site has lots of ideas for frugal fun... but, I think we can combine the two celebrations today. Ripe Pum...

German American Day or Deutschen Amerikaner Tag Declared by President George W. Bush, every October 6th is German American Day. He stated: ...

The Weeks of October October 1st - 8th Last Week to Register to Vote , Mental Illness Awareness Week, National Newspaper Week, Teller Appre...

Do Something Nice Day Don't do it. Really. You will just end up with toner all over your clothes.

National Golf Day Ten Four ! It's National Golf Day! Master Fob reminded me that there are only three months left to finish up those ...

Virus Appreciation Day Let's just say if I ever appreciate a virus, it will be from a very safe distance.